CONTENTS 



JANUARY 



PAGE 



I. THE SAD PLIGHT OF BRITISH FORESTRY .... J 



II. MIDWINTER IN THESSALY . . 26 



III. THE PLAGUE OF VOLES . 89 



IV. MOMENTUM VtrSUS MATTER . . . . . . 41 



FEBRUARY 



V. THE GOLD-CRESTED WREN .44 



M. THE PROBLEM OF DISPERSAL 49 



MARCH 



VII. THE TRUE SALMON DISEASE . . . . . . 64 



VIII. THE HABIT OF HOLLIES . 68 



IX. BIRNAM WOOD 61 



APRIL 



X. NAMES OF PLACES . . ... . . . 66 



XL HOW SALMON-POOLS ARE NAMED . . . . .90 



XII. THE MAGNOLIA . . . . . . . . . , 94 



MAY 



XIII. THE BLACKTHORN . . . . . . . . 9? 



XIV. WHY CERTAIN BIRDS MOB OTHERS . . . i , 98 

 XV. LAPWINGS ... . . . . . . . 99 



xvi. PLOVERS' EGGS AND OTHERS . . . .. -.'. . , 101 



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